• Waylander [he/him,they/them]
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    4 years ago

    "If you hate racism, that means you have to hate Israel" - this lady

    I swear to god, liberals are creating anti-semitism wherever they go by using Jews as a bludgeon against any non-lib group. If I was Jewish I'd be pretty pissed off.

    • RNAi [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      “If you hate racism, that means you have to hate Israel”

      Well, yeah

      • Waylander [he/him,they/them]
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        4 years ago

        I mean, yes, but not for the reasons this lady thinks. And the sorts of folks who're likely to read that article will come out thinking that being anti-racist means you hate Jews (which is obviously the completely wrong way around).

          • Waylander [he/him,they/them]
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            4 years ago

            I think it's less that staunch anti-racists are reading a shitty lib take and going 'oh yeah I hate jews now' and more that kinda switched-off centrist-y types who don't really have an opinion are skimming a bunch of headlines like 'here's why anti-racist campaigners are cancelling Israel, by Trust Fund Baby #17' and over time it builds up a negative association that they're not even fully aware of. And that then makes them vulnerable to anti-semitic propaganda.